Turkish – Soviet Relations1925 – 1935

Abstract

Ottoman – Russian relations since 18th century till the First World War has been characterized by the stigma of enmity and tension due to the ambitions of Russian Caesars to go south reaching the warm waters, but the breakout of the balshafic Revolution in 1917 has opened a new page between Soviet Union, the legal heir for the Caesar Russia and the Turkish National Movement which dismissed the occupied forces and established the modern Turkish State upon the ruins of Ottoman Empire by the military and material helps presented by U.S.S.R. To that movement. Then, relations between both states has grown and reached its climax by the treaty of neutrality and Non – aggression concluded on October 1925. There is also official mutual visits between both states. As for the economic aspect, these relations has witnessed a remarkable development since 1925 whether on trade level or presenting Soviet loans which helped in establishing so many factories by which Turkey was in need of them to promote its economy

Keywords

• turkish
• soviet relations
• turkey and soviet union